…that by reaching for what appears to be the impossible we often actually achieve the impossible
– Jack Welch
Category Archives: Followership
Twenty years…
… from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover
– Mark Twain
It is often….
… more difficult to be a follower than a leader; a good leader will always remember this
– Nick Jessett
A competent leader…
… can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops
– John Pershing
Followers…
… who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination
– Warren G Bennis
To command…
…. is to serve, nothing more and nothing less
– Andre Malraux
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To lead people, walk beside them …
… As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence.
The next best, the people honor and praise.
The next, the people fear;
and the next, the people hate …
When the best leader’s work is done the people say,
“We did it ourselves!”
– Lao-tsu
Do not…
… wait for leaders. Do it alone, person to person
– Mother Teresa
It is…
…the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute
– William Pollard
Who succeeds…
…. in forming and leading a great group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls
– Warren G Bennis
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